Improvement in water-closet apparatus handles



I. s. DELEHANTY;

WATER-CLOSET APPARATUS HANDLE.

No. 182,307. fatented Sept,19, 1876.

Wflmsses N PEIERS, PHOTO L TNOGRAPH ER UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. DELEHANTY, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-CLOSET APPARATUS HANDLES. I

Specification forming part of Letters'Patent No. [82,307, dated September 19, 1876; application tiled August 29, 1876. I

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, JOHN S. DELEHANTY, of the city and county of Albany, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement on the Handles of Water-Closet Apparatus, ot'whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,m'ak-ing a part of this specification.

My invention consists in providing the handie with a spring-catch for retaining it in position for holding the water-valve ot' the apparatus open, so as to effect a thorough washin g of the basin.

As shown in Figure 1 of the drawing, which represents a longitudinal section of the handle and seat-cup, A is the knob of the handle, attached to the tubular connection B in the ordinary manner. At one side of this connection a slot is'cut through the tube, into which a hinged catch-piece, G, is inserted. It is pivoted tothe connection by means ofthe pin 0. A spring, D, is secured within the tube in such manner that the free end of it will bear against the catch-piece C, so as to force the lower end of it out of the slot, as shown in the drawing. The lower end of the connection B is attached to the weighted lever used for working the water-valve in the usual manner,

the water-valve, the catch-piece G is forced out of its slot and catches upon the bottom part of the cup E, thereby retaining the valve in its open position against the force exerted by the weighted lever to close it. By this means a continuous flow of water can be maintained through the basin until it is thoroughly cleansed, thus dispensing with the necessity for holding the valve open qby hand for this purpose.

To close the valve, the catch-piece O is depressed within the tube by pressing the finger against it, so as to allow the catch-piece to pass through the hole in the bottom of the cup, and then pushing down the handle.

Thecatchpiece when thrown out, as shown in the drawing, should be arranged to hold the valve in its full open position. The friction of the catchpiece against the side of the hole in the bottom of the cup, produced by the pressure of the spring, is sufficient to hold the valve in any position intermediatebetween full open andclosed. I

In the modification of my invention, shown in Fig. 2, the spring-catch (J forms a portion or" the spring D, instead of being pivoted to the connection B, as in Fig. 1.

My invention remedies a long-existing defect in water-closet apparatus as heretofore constructed, wherein it became necessary,

when the basin required a thorough Washing, to hold the valve open by the hand, or by chocking the handle by means of a block or some other similar makeshift that was liable to be lost or mislaid when required for use, and by which the connection soon becomes so bent as to be inoperative and useless, thereby involving considerable expense and trouble to effect its replacement.

I claim as my invention The connection B, provided with the springcatch 0 and spring D, in combination with the valve-operating mechanism of a water closet, as and for the purpose herein specified.

JOHN S. DELEH-ANTY.

Witnesses WILLIAM H. Low, E. J. BEN ETT. 

